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Fri 17 Jan, 2014 12:34 am
-She's as good as she's beautiful.
Does it mean?
1. She is good and beautiful.
OR
2. The degree of her being good is the same as of her being beautiful. (in other words, we don't know whether she's really good or beautiful)
@WBYeats,
1. She is beautiful and she is good. If she is very beautiful, she is also very good.
Your second interpretation could also be true in a logical sense, but we just don't use the comparison that way.
@roger,
Quote:
1. She is beautiful and she is good. If she is very beautiful, she is also very good.
What does the combination of these two sentences mean? The first states a fact, but your second one is a conditional; aren't they contradictory?
@WBYeats,
It means,
2. The degree of her being good is the same as of her being beautiful.
Am I correct in comprehending that Jack's and Roger's answer are opposite?
@WBYeats,
Quote:What does the combination of these two sentences mean? The first states a fact, but your second one is a conditional; aren't they contradictory?
"She is as good as she is beautiful" is put that way simply because (from someone who knows the woman to a stranger), her beauty is obvious to the onlooker, and for those who get to know her, her goodness only becomes obvious later.
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